as an adult, operate a child sized robot to go around for trick or treating.

Posted by diff2@reddit | CrazyIdeas | View on Reddit | 32 comments

Saw articles about those teleoperated robots by tesla, made me think "you know if they were the size of children instead of adults I could go trick or treating"

I missed out on it as a child.

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ScienceOverNonsense2@reddit

It sounds like what sex would be like if experienced by a robot instead of an adult. As you noted, it’s not about the candy, it’s about the experience. A robot cannot provide that experience for you, only for itself.

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Fearless_Guitar_3589@reddit

as an adult, I find candy pretty disgusting

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FunkyFr3d@reddit

Just turn up in your normal clothes with a pillow sack and stare at them until you get candy

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bowhunterb119@reddit

Spend $10,000 on a robot and hours of your time learning to remotely pilot it… for $7 worth of miscellaneous candy? Sounds about right.

Alternative: wear a mask so they can’t see how old you are

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XROOR@reddit

I live in a rural area so we have “trunk or treat.” Churches, strip malls have parked cars and you go car to car, to get candy. This allows me to attend 20+ events in the three or so weeks prior to Halloween night. I get over 20lbs of candy and I donate the Necco wafers, loose candy corn and loose peanuts to the Senior Living community.

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Tongue4aBidet@reddit

You won't get the experience if it is a robot. Either go with a group of kids and stand on your knees or be the jackass adult not dressed up but holding a bag for candy.

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crossplanetriple@reddit

If you want Halloween candy, some places allow you buy it from their place of business in exchange for currency. No need to walk around at night getting one piece at a time. Instant diabetes.

Big chocolate hates this one trick.

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Euphoric-Purple@reddit

Nah, buying a robot to go house to house is much cheaper and more practical than buying candy from the store.

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OkSyllabub3674@reddit

Especially if op recites a sob story to the parents how it's his first time getting to do it due to health issues hence the need to do so remotely and it is quite probably the only chance hell have, just really lay it on thick and pull their heartstrings.

Op would be guaranteed a massive haul.

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Megalocerus@reddit

You borrow a child. They're a little harder to operate than robots, and you have to give them back, and they won't always share the candy. But cultivate your friends with children.

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Jaxis_H@reddit

I'm pretty sure that's just "having kids"

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lefthandbunny@reddit

Throw a Halloween party, make 'price of admission' candy, put candy in a bowl and let everyone have candy. Buy extra candy for yourself in case guests take too much, or your favorite kind. There's a reason some people buy their favorite candy and say, "oops! I ate all of that kind, I'll have to go buy more candy to give out!"

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determinedpeach@reddit

You can still go as an adult. Some people might make a comment but most people will be happy to see you. Good people will get a kick out of it.

I went in late high school. There were a couple houses where people saw us through the window and didn’t even answer the door, presumable because we were too old. Most of the houses didn’t care at all

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lefthandbunny@reddit

I've had teens come to my door. I happily gave them candy and liked that they didn't give a fuck what anyone thought about it. If they'd been assholes there is no way I'd have given them any candy.

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kougan@reddit

Just go trick or treating. Nobody will care. If someone says something say yoyr kid is sick but still wanted candy or some shit

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determinedpeach@reddit

That’s why you go with a friend who has a child or young family member. Then you accompany the child trick or treating and still get to experience some of it

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chrissie_watkins@reddit

Wear a trenchcoat, and say you're 3 kids standing on each others' shoulders pretending to be a grown up - triple candy!!

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mezz7778@reddit

Now here's a plan I can get behind....

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Hot-Win2571@reddit

"Hi, I'm Timmy. I only have one leg, so my robot is getting my treats. Its big brother will enforce that you comply."

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teduh@reddit

Alternately, just carry a firearm with you. They may not like the idea of giving out candy to adults, but they'll come around if you're pointing a Glock in their face.

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Erotic_Koala@reddit

Go trick or treating. I did it once with a friend at 19. Still got a shit ton of candy and it made people smile.

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wizzard419@reddit

Would be better to just hire a little person, you will be put on fewer lists than for having a "child-sized robot".

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Novel-Slip5151@reddit

Get a large doll suspended in front of you holding a plastic pumpkin. Tell everyone your child is very shy and to please drop the candy in the pumpkin.

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FreddieTheDoggie@reddit

Bud, I can spot you $20 if you want candy that bad.

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pickles55@reddit

I bet if you put a cup and a trick or treat sign on a remote control car people would give it candy

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Corduroy_Sazerac@reddit

Takeover the HOA and, over time, implement bye-laws that require all facilities and houses to be scaled up to twice the current size. Once complete go out and trick-or-treating and you will appear child size.

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Imajzineer@reddit

r/Showerthoughts -->

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CentiPetra@reddit

How tf is a lifelike child-sized robot cheaper than going to the fucking grocery store and buying your own candy?

Every year I see adults like stealing candy from kids, or emptying an entire bowl of candy into their bag, or encouraging their kid to do it, and I just don't get it...at all. Candy is cheap as fuck, relatively speaking.

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